Verse 10

You must have honest scales, an honest ephah, and an honest bath.

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Referenced Verses

  • Amos 8:4-6 : 4 Hear this, you who trample on the needy and seek to destroy the poor of the land, 5 saying, 'When will the new moon be over, so we may sell grain, and the Sabbath end, so we may market wheat, making the ephah small and the shekel large, and falsifying the scales with deceit? 6 Buying the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, even selling the sweepings of the wheat.'
  • Mic 6:10-11 : 10 Are there still treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and dishonest measures that are detestable? 11 Shall I acquit a person with crooked scales and a bag of deceptive weights?
  • Lev 19:35-36 : 35 Do not use dishonest measures in judgment, whether in length, weight, or quantity. 36 Use honest scales, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
  • Prov 11:1 : 1 Dishonest scales are detestable to the Lord, but a full and accurate weight is His delight.
  • Prov 16:11 : 11 Honest scales and balances belong to the Lord; all the weights in the bag are His making.
  • Prov 20:10 : 10 Differing weights and differing measures—both are detestable to the Lord.
  • Prov 21:3 : 3 To do righteousness and justice is preferred by the LORD rather than sacrifice.
  • Isa 5:10 : 10 For ten acres of vineyard will yield only a single bath of wine, and a homer of seed will produce merely an ephah of grain.
  • Deut 25:15 : 15 You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.